In an online discussion about a summer reading group on the Book of Joshua, one mother asked how to address a child asking questions about why all of Achan’s family had to die because of him covertly keeping booty from the Jericho campaign as the Hebrews began...
Letters to Jesus While Undertaking a Reading Luke- July 29, 2019l Chapter 1 Dear Jesus: Several years before I discovered the difference between affirming faith in you as savior of humankind for the evil of the world and surrendering to Jesus Christ as master of my...
Casting pearls before swine or casting bread upon the waters…… some days I truly wonder which one I am about. Matthew 7:6: “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet,...
The Most Significant Transformations Take Time And Experience……. Several things in my life have led me to a place where I believe I can finally understand how the prophet Elijah felt after defeating the prophets of Baal in a showdown proposal to the evil King Ahab in...
Numbers 22:26 “Then the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a NARROW PLACE where there was NO WAY TO TURN TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT.” Is this a prophetic glimpse of Jesus standing/walking in THE WAY that would set the direction and path of us? Psalms 91:...
Thinking About One’s Progress Toward Christian Perfection……… 6/9/21 CBB As part of a discussion of the Wesleyan doctrine of Christian perfection, we have been tossing around individual perspectives on what it looks like to pursue sanctification and arrive at...
It is difficult to teach something that one does not feel she has a good grip on in her own thinking about it. I have generally been taught and have understood “justification” as occurring at a moment in time, an event, defined by the decision to trust...
Matthew 12: 43 “Now when the unclean spirit comes out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came’; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept clean, and...
“Comprehension involves our ability to find patterns, consistency, and significance in the events and experiences of our lives.” Mike Steger To have the ability to comprehend the patterns evidenced in one’s life, to observe and embrace the...
An individual asked in response to our spring announcement of two women launching into fully recovered lives: What do you feel are the experiences, new learning and resources that Titus 2 provides that resulted in an environment in which these women overcame their...
